April 18, 1999: The day Monica Seles helped USA beat Croatia in Fed Cup
04/18/2024 03:29 AM
On this day, April 18, 1999, Monica Seles, who was born in the former Yugoslavia but who had become a US citizen in 1994, defeated Iva Majoli 6-0, 6-3, to clinch a Fed Cup against Croatia, a former Yugoslavian state. This match was played in a particularly tense context: the tie had been originally scheduled to be played in Zagreb, but, due the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia at the time, it had to be…
